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Bartleby

A dramatization about Bartleby who answers an advertisement for work with a lawyer, and after a brief spurt of intense work, gradually breaks down, refuses to move, and eventually dies because he has lost the will to live.

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http://schema.org/description

  • "A dramatization about Bartleby who answers an advertisement for work with a lawyer, and after a brief spurt of intense work, gradually breaks down, refuses to move, and eventually dies because he has lost the will to live."@en
  • "An updated version of Melville's story in which a 1970's London accounting clerk rebels against his employer and gradually breaks down."@en
  • ""Updated from Melville's 19th century Wall Street scrivener to a 1970's London bookkeeper ... A young accounting clerk rebels against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying 'I prefer not to'. This is carried on ad absurdum until the office is in chaos ... His boss is unable to fire him or help him, and eventually has him placed into a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him straight off is the crux of the film"--Container."@en
  • "Updating the Melville story from 19th century Wall Street to London in the 1970s, a young accounting clerk refuses to do his work, throwing his office into chaos. His boss, unable to fire him or help him, eventually has him placed in a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him is the crux of the film."@en
  • "Updating the Melville story from 19th century Wall Street to London in the 1970s, a young accounting clerk refuses to do his work, throwing his office into chaos. His boss, unable to fire him or help him, eventually has him placed in a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him is the crux of the film."
  • "Updating the Melville story from 19th century Wall Street to London in the 1970s, a young accounting clerk refuses to do his work, throwing his office into chaos. His boss, unable to fire him or help him, eventually has him placed in a mental hospital."
  • "A young accounting clerk rebels against his employer by refusing to do work. Unable to fire him or help him, the boss must find another way to deal with the problem."@en
  • "Updated from Melville's 19th century Wall Street scrivener to a 1970's London bookkeeper. A young accounting clerk rebels against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying 'I prefer not to'. This is carried on ad absurdum until the office is in chaos. His boss is unable to fire him or help him, and eventually has him placed into a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him straight off is the crux of the film."@en

http://schema.org/genre

  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"

http://schema.org/name

  • "Bartleby"@en
  • "Bartleby"
  • "Bartleby (Motion picture : 1970)"@en
  • "Bartleby (Motion picture : 1970)"
  • "Bartleby based on the story by Herman Melville"@en